The list of Republicans who voted against the Veterans Job Corps Act of 2012 is instructive in itself. Of course, not all Senators are up for re-election this round and in this vote it may be showing. [vote 193]

So, according to the numbers, 33 Republicans who do not have to face re-election for at least two more years combined with 4 Republicans currently holding safe seats and 3 who are leaving the Senate to make just exactly the number necessary to block the Veterans Job Corp Act without needing the votes of the ladies from Maine and Alaska (Snowe, Collins, Murkowski) and 2 Senators who are facing tough re-election battles —- Brown (R-MA) and Heller (R-NV) who could then “safely” vote in favor of the bill?